mittimus
[mit-uh-muh s]
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noun, plural mit·ti·mus·es. Law.
a warrant of commitment to prison.
a writ for removing a suit or a record from one court to another.
Origin of mittimus
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Historical Examples of mittimus
He would not show us that, but caused a mittimus to be made, which mentioned that we "were to have had a meeting."
George FoxGeorge Fox
With this mittimus he delivered us to the constables to convey us to Leicester jail.
George FoxGeorge Fox
I still called to have the mittimus read; for that signified the cause of my commitment.
George FoxGeorge Fox
“Then,” said he, “I must commit you;” and ordered his clerk to make a mittimus.
The History of Thomas EllwoodThomas Ellwood
He never once took his eyes off Palmer as he read the mittimus.
The Crime of the CenturyHenry M. Hunt
mittimus
noun plural -muses
Word Origin for mittimus
C15: from Latin: we send, the first word of such a command
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